Heart of Barkness
Spencer Quinn
Paperback
(Forge Books, June 2, 2020)
THE INSTANT USA TODAY BESTSELLERSpencer Quinn's Heart of Barkness is the latest in the New York Times bestselling series that the Los Angeles Times called ânothing short of masterful"âŚChet the dog, âthe most lovable narrator in all of crime fictionâ (Boston Globe), and P.I. Bernie encounter heartache and much worse in the world of country music. Theyâre both music lovers, so when Lotty Pilgrim, a country singer from long ago, turns up at a local bar, they drive out to catch her act. Bernieâs surprised to see someone who was once so big performing in such a dive, and drops a C-note the Little Detective Agency canât afford to part with into the tip jar. The C-note is stolen right from under their noses â even from under Chetâs, the nose that misses nothing â and before the night is over, itâs stolen again. Soon theyâre working the most puzzling case of their career, a case that takes them back in time in search of old border-town secrets, and into present-day danger because powerful people want those secrets to stay hidden. Chet and Bernie find themselves sucked into a real-life murder ballad where they have no one to trust but each other.